Wales Restaurant Guide

Friendly Independent Welsh Restaurant with the craziest name in town, Dizzy Llama restaurant is a real hidden gem located in the basement of a 100 year old building in the heart of the city centre.

24 Churchill Way, Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan

Georg Fuchs made his reputation cooking at the St David's Hotel overlooking Cardiff Bay, but has moved on and opened this country restaurant with his wife Einar.

26 Church Street, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan

Ignore the plain frontage and the unpromising location down a dead-end road of terraced houses at the back end of the Glamorganshire Canal, the Bunch of Grapes is a real find.

Ynysangharad Road, Pontypridd, Vale of Glamorgan

Built during the seventeenth century to satisfy the thirsts and hunger pangs of travelling drovers, the whitewashed White Horse still makes the most of its gorgeous setting amid the Arcadian splendour of the Vale of Clwyd.

, Hendrerwydd, Denbighshire

Stone-flagged floors, vast inglenooks and weathered timberwork are reminders of the past in this beguiling old hostelry, which has been dispensing hospitality and sustenance for more than three centuries.

Llanarmon Dyffryn, Llangollen, Denbighshire

The legendary Queen's Head at Glanwydden has been a Welsh trailblazer for more than twenty years under the direction of Robert and Sally Cureton with their dream team of chefs and front-of-house staff.

, Glanwydden, Conwy

Dating from the middle of the eighteenth century, this delightful dower house is renowned for its grounds and gardens. The kitchen garden yields a fruitful harvest and all around are stunning formal layouts and herbaceous borders as well as a paddock planted with 600 native trees leading down to the River Teme.

Milebrook, Knighton, Powys

An East-West team fronts this enterprising venture, which stands on a first-floor balcony overlooking Cardiff Bay. Iestyn and Yoshiko Evans set out to provide locals and visitors with a taste of tavern-style food, the kind of cheery everyday eating that the Japanese themselves love to enjoy.

Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay, Vale of Glamorgan

'A piece of Italy with an English garden fit for a Greek god set in the Welsh hills,' proclaims the hotel's blurb effusively.

Gliffaes Road, Crickhowell, Powys

The first of the award-winning Cinnamon Tree restaurants, this inviting Vale of Glamorgan eatery in the small village of Treforest is a real local gem.

Cinnamon House, Treforest, Vale of Glamorgan